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Developing a website is no simple task. And there are a slew of
considerations that you need to consider and employ in order to make
sure your web presence is a success. However, in addition to that,
there are also some key things that you need to make sure that you
don't-do in order to ensure the same.
Here are some common elements that you should best avoid in your website design:
Excessive Multimedia Content
One
of the latest trends to have hit the world wide web is the use of rich
& interactive multimedia content. Plaintive text content has become
a thing of the past as modern web pages sport audio and video content
nowadays however, if not implemented carefully, they can serve to do
more harm than good. Excessive use of multimedia content will not only
prolong the load time of the web pages but also make it difficult for
your visitors to access information. They might prefer text-content
that they can readily read than waiting for the video to get buffered.
Therefore, use multimedia content very responsibly!
Be Careful with PDFs
PDFs
are no doubt a great way to allow your visitors to take home some
content. However, even with faster cables and DSL connections, it can
take a long time to download PDF files and visitors may not be that
patient. Moreover, there are chances that they don't have the right
Acrobat Reader version. Therefore be careful while using PDFs. Provide
them only when they are absolutely necessary and warn your visitors
that the download process will take time so they are better prepared
for the same.
Use Original Photographs
Images
on your website is what adds the visual appeal to the design and this
is what people notice. And if you have used stock photographs, the ones
that are free and can be used by anyone anywhere on the web, visitors
will just know that you are not serious enough. Using stock photography
on your business website is like hosting your website on blogger.com.
Therefore, be professional and use only original and premium quality
images.
Cracking Code
Often designers
are tempted to use any design code that works and skip the labor of
developing a more complex code pattern that may be required by the
website. But stop right there. Cranky codes may work for the website
but they tend to make it look amateurish and unprofessional. And its as
good as having no web presence at all because potential clients would
never contact you anyways!
No Updates and New Features
Website
design is not a one-time process. You cannot just design a website,
place it on the internet and lay back and relax. If you want to have a
powerful web presence, then designing a website is only the start of
the journey. You need to feed your website with new content on regular
basis in order to banish stagnation. Moreover search engines need fresh
content that they can index otherwise your website will pushed down the
charts of search results.
Kabir Bedi is the senior web consultant at LeXolution IT Services, a premier web designing company that provides a range of web page solutions and KPO services to its clients. He guides a team of professional web developers to create websites that are functional as well as attractive.
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